Caracalla
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known by his nickname Caracalla, was Roman emperor from 198 to 217 AD, first serving as nominal co-emperor under his father and then ruling alone after 211 AD. He was
Bust of Caracalla, Museo Nazionale Romano, 212–215 AD
Young Caracalla; Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Bust of Septimius Severus, Caracalla's father (Glyptothek, Munich)
Bust of Septimius Geta, Caracalla's brother (Louvre, Paris)
Geta (emperor)
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Publius Septimius Geta was Roman emperor with his father Septimius Severus and older brother Caracalla from 209 to 211. Severus died in February 211 and intended for his sons to rule together, but pro
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…the elder son of Emperor Septimius Severus and Empress Julia Domna. Severus proclaimed Caracalla co-ruler in 198, doing the same with his other son Geta in 209. The two brothers briefly shared power after their father's death in 211, but Caracalla soon had Geta murdered by the Praetorian Guard and became…
Geta Dying in his Mother's Arms, Jacques-Augustin-Catherine Pajou, 1766–1828 (Staatsgalerie Stuttgart)
Erased mention of Geta in an inscription after his damnatio memoriae (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari)
Rare aureus of Geta as augustus.